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Parts of Indonesian capital swamped by high tide

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Residents in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, braced for further flooding after a high tide of over 2 meters resulted in flooding in parts of the city on Wednesday.

Gorbachev: Lenin should be moved from Red Square

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The embalmed body of revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin should be moved from Red Square and buried as his family had wished, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev said on Wednesday.

Three U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three U.S. soldiers were killed by small-arms fire near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.

U.N. Kosovo mission awaiting word on power handover

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
PRISTINA (Reuters) - U.N. authorities in Kosovo expect instructions within days on how to proceed after June 15, when Albanians hope to receive a raft of new powers under their first state constitution, a U.N. spokesman said on Wednesday.

Dead British girl's probe falling apart, says lawyer

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The mother of a British teenager murdered in the Indian state of Goa fears the case against her daughter's killer is falling apart after a forensic test failed to find evidence of rape, her lawyer said on Wednesday.

China ingredient supplier gets life for killer drug

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court has jailed a man for life for supplying a drug maker a fake ingredient that led to at least 14 deaths, local media said on Wednesday.

U.S. hopes comics soothe Japan worries on warship

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. navy hopes to tap Japan's "manga" comic culture to soothe worries over the deployment of a nuclear-powered warship for the first time to the only country to suffer an atomic bombing.

U.N. council pushes Sudan on south and Darfur

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - U.N. Security Council envoys pressed Sudan's government on Wednesday to avert a return to civil war with the south and over the separate conflict in its western Darfur region.

Musharraf seen reconciled to exit

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, threatened by possible impeachment, is reconciled to stepping down before he is hounded out of office, according to a senior adviser to the new government.

Mugabe uses food as weapon in election race: group

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe's government is using food as a weapon ahead of Zimbabwe's June 27 presidential run-off election, U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.

Hunger, water scarcity displaces thousands of Afghans

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
KABUL (Reuters) - Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes due to food and water shortages in northern Afghanistan, the government said on Wednesday.

West wary ahead of fresh Kenya election test

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Foreign ambassadors urged Kenya on Wednesday to prevent more violence in forthcoming elections for five parliamentary seats that many fear could be a new flashpoint after this year's post-election crisis.

Gas blast threatens Australia mine operations

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Industrial users across Australia's biggest mining region were hunting for alternative fuels on Wednesday after an explosion at an offshore gas plant knocked out more than a third of normal gas supplies.

Malaysia considers cash handouts as fuel hike looms

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia may replace fuel price controls with cash handouts for motorcyclists and owners of small cars as part of subsidy reforms expected to be announced later on Wednesday, a newspaper reported.

Parts of Indonesian capital swamped by tidal wave

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 2.2-meter (7-feet) high tidal wave inundated parts of Jakarta overnight as the city government and citizens tried to hold the water back with emergency embankments, a government official said on Wednesday.

Railway blast injures 18 in Sri Lanka

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
COLOMBO (Reuters) - At least 18 people were injured in a blast by a railway track in the Sri Lankan capital on Wednesday, the military said.

Indonesian police detain militants for attacks on rally

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police said they had detained 57 members of a hardline Islamic group for questioning on Wednesday morning following an attack on an interfaith rally in Jakarta on Sunday.

U.S. warships to leave Myanmar after aid refused

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
BANGKOK (Reuters) - U.S. warships will soon leave waters near Myanmar after the ruling military junta refused permission for the delivery of aid supplies to the cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta, a top U.S. commander said on Wednesday.

Venezuela says U.S. trying to spread violence

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
MEDELLIN, Colombia (Reuters) - Venezuela on Tuesday accused the United States of trying to spread violence in the Andean region after a U.S. official said left-wing Colombian rebels were hiding in Venezuelan territory.

Olmert talks tough on Iran's nuclear program

Wed, 2024-11-27 02:42
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday Iran's nuclear program must be stopped by "all possible means" and Tehran must be made to see it would suffer devastating repercussions if it pursued atomic weapons.